Improvement in methods of mounting pictures



N. o. N. LAURENSE.

Method of Mounting Pictures.

- No. 220,159. Patented Sept. 30, I879}.

WITNESSES 2 INVENTOR f ORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS G. N. LAURENSE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS OF MOUNTING PICTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,159, datedSeptember 30, 1879; application filed May 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS G. N. LAU- RENSE, of the city of Detroit,in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new andImproved Method of Mounting Pictures, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a picture. Fig. 2 is a cross-section inline a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a more simple, economical,and expeditious method than is now in use for mounting chromos and otherpictures or engravings.

' The present method of mounting chromos, business-cards, &c., consistsin stretching cotton carefully over a bevel pine stretcher, and, aftersoaking the chromos, gluing it to the cotton and stretcher. This methodinvolves much time, material, and labor, and, besides, the pictures areoften marred and ruined by air-bubbles forming between the picture andthe cloth on which it is mounted, and also by the uneven drying of thepicture and cloth, which causes valleys and creases, for which there isno remedy.

This invention dispenses with the cloth, and consequently removes thecause of these troubles, and reduces the cost of mounting, while at thesame time insuring perfect work.

In the stead, then, of cloth, the back of the chromo or other picture,11, has pasted to it a sheet of strong Manila or other similar paper,which is then covered on its outer surface for its protection with alayer of paste, composed of whiting, flour, glue, &c., or other suitableingredients that will set quickly after being applied. Upon the surfaceof this paste before it sets hard an impression, intended to imitate inappearance the texture of cloth, is made with a roller or coarse pieceof cotton. In mounting small chronios, however, we sometimes dispensewith the Manila-paper backing,

and apply the paste mentioned directly to the back of the chromo,forthepurpose of strengthening and protecting it. When the chromo or otherpicture is thus prepared-it is connected with the stretcher d by meansof strips f f, from one and a half to two inches wide, or thereabout, ofcotton, linen, cheese-cloth, cambric, or other suitable material, whichare first glued to the back of the chromo along the edge, and then tothe sides of the stretcher, or vice versa.

In this way the largest chromos can be mounted at a comparativelytrifling cost, and with but little labor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire {to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The method of mounting chron1os,. engravings,pictures, and the like, consisting of pasting asheet of paper over theback of the chromo 0r piet'ure, covering the outer surface of the paperwith a paste or composition that will quickly set, and then pasting orgluing narrow strips of cloth or its equivalent on the bark of thepicture near the edges, and pasting or gluing them to the sides of thestretcher, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The within-described method of mounting chromos and other pictures,consisting of covering the back of the chromo with a quicklysettingpaste, and attaching the chromo to the stretcher with narrow strips ofcloth or its equivalent, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In combination with a stretcher, the picture and narrow strips f f ofcloth or stout paper for securing the same to the stretcher d,substantially as herein set forth and described.

nioHoLAs o. n. .LAURENSE.

Witnesses:

LEONARD LAURENSE, P. H. BERRY.

